National Briefing | West: California: Congressman Settles Lawsuit

Published: March 16, 2005

A former congressman, Gary A. Condit, has settled his $11 million defamation suit against the Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne over assertions Mr. Dunne made about Mr. Condit's role in the disappearance of Chandra Levy, a former intern in Mr. Condit's Washington office, Mr. Condit's lawyer said. Mr. Condit, a Democrat, won an undisclosed sum and an apology from Mr. Dunne, the lawyer, Lin Wood, said. Mr. Dunne, in a brief statement, said he did ''not say or intend to imply that Mr. Condit was complicit in her disappearance.'' He also renounced his statement that a man had told him that Mr. Condit frequented Middle Eastern embassy sex parties.